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  Useless Majors

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was passing through a very liberal college town recently during rush hour.

  so, i decided to stop for some refreshment at a fine-looking establishment and wait for traffic to die down.

  a young waitress waited on me who probably could have been stevie nicks twin when she was young.

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  Yeah. Googling, the numbers are kinda all over the place. I got this which seems more realistic:
  
  University of Texas at Austin
  

  Average annual in-state costBefore aid$28,928After aid$18,350Aid includes grants and scholarships from the institution, state, and federal government Source: US Dept of Education (IPEDS)
  
  Your link was this:
  

  For Academic Year 2022-23:

  Texas Residents: $78,232. Nonresidents: $90,742.
  
  I'm guessing the University assigns a value for the years tuition, which almost no one actually ends paying the full cost for. (Except for maybe the super rich who can buy a way in thus funding the schools endowment). First one that comes to mind would be George W. Bush. He had a 2.35 GPA in High School yet attended Harvard. Without the family money, he would have been attending the local community college with those grades.
  
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  Useless Majors

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was passing through a very liberal college town recently during rush hour.

  so, i decided to stop for some refreshment at a fine-looking establishment and wait for traffic to die down.

  a young waitress waited on me who probably could have been stevie nicks twin when she was young.

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  BettyHumpter

  "Looks like it is a little over 300K (In-State tuition) for a Bachelors degree at this university."
  
  Uhhhhh....what the heck school is this? Harvard doesn't even cost that much.
  
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  Knocking on schoolmates doors

  by BettyHumpter in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i left the jw's shortly after i graduated high school.

  but when i was still at home i'd get dragged into door to door every saturday morning without fail unless it was pissing rain.

  i can remember always being anxious to know what territory my group was assigned.

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  Another thing I remember...in my days in school, the Pledge of Allegiance wasn't done, so it was never an issue like in the 1950's or whenever they used to do that. Well, it wasn't done until the fall of 1990, that is. My junior year in High School. Iraq invaded Kuwait, we sent 500,000 soldiers over and suddenly the pledge was back every morning in homeroom. Thanks alot Saddam.
  
  I think I sorta put a hand near my heart and half heartedly said the words. I didn't believe the religion at that point, I was just biding my time in that respect, I just thought the whole pledge thing was dumb. But I also didn't want to make a spectacle of myself.
  
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  Knocking on schoolmates doors

  by BettyHumpter in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i left the jw's shortly after i graduated high school.

  but when i was still at home i'd get dragged into door to door every saturday morning without fail unless it was pissing rain.

  i can remember always being anxious to know what territory my group was assigned.

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  BettyHumpter

  I left the JW's shortly after I graduated High School. But when I was still at home i'd get dragged into door to door every saturday morning without fail unless it was pissing rain.
  
  I can remember always being anxious to know what territory my group was assigned. I remember some Saturdays i'd look at it and think Oh Crap, I have tons of schoolmates in that neighborhood. I had several strategies. The first was to try to find another group that perhaps had a rural territory where I was unlikely to run into anyone and ask my parents if I could accompany that group instead, "to get to know them better".
  
  If that failed, I spent the ministry doing calculations in my head. Trying to figure when I would volunteer to get outta the car so that the rotation had the lowest chance of it being my turn when we got to someones house I knew.
  
  The worst were when we would enter a subdivision and walk around on foot. In that case if we were approaching a classmates door, my hail mary was to say "you take that one and i'll take the one next door, we'll get more done that way".
  
  If the person I was with declined, I just hoped no one answered the door.
  
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  Is here anyone who would like to understand the Revelation book better?

  by Kosonen in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hello friends, i have been writing comments to the revelation book and posted them on my site.

  so far i have gone through revelation chapter 1 to 14.. i invite you all to take a look.

  https://www.comejesus.net/comments-to-revelation-1.

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  BettyHumpter

  @Kosonen:
  
  What do you feel gives you a particularly interesting insight into the first century authors' magic mushroom trip?
  
  Wikipedia gives me a nice summary of how it's broadly interpreted in different ways by Catholics, the various Protestant sects, The Latter Day Saints, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Egyptian Coptic Church etc. I already know how it's interpreted by the JW's.
  
  Have you formulated a new interpretation that's wildly different from any of the faiths listed above?
  
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  Useless Majors

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was passing through a very liberal college town recently during rush hour.

  so, i decided to stop for some refreshment at a fine-looking establishment and wait for traffic to die down.

  a young waitress waited on me who probably could have been stevie nicks twin when she was young.

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  @Seabreeze:
  
  "Within 5 years of graduation" is probably correct for those numbers. That lines up with people I know who did Liberal Arts, English etc. But it doesn't line up with where they are now.
  
  One close friend of mine after sort of drifting for a few years after college went to work at a bank, moved up and is now some sort of regional manager making well over 6 figures.
  
  I'm giving that example to state my opinion that I find that kind of stupid. Not that i'm not happy for my friend. I am. What I find stupid is how often certain routes of advancement are closed off or made much more difficult for those without a degree. If you want to be a chemical engineer you need a degree obviously. But what the heck does an English degree have to do with a career in finance? Yet she's told me that it's extraordinarily unlikely she would have even been considered for higher level promotions without a 4 year degree. Not a degree related to finance or economics, just a degree. It's a ridiculous state of affairs in my opinion.
  
  Also, im not trying to say "only hard science degrees are worthwhile" It's more irritation with the "degree madness" of alot of corporate america.
  
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  vaxxed and blood transfusions

  by enoughisenough in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  some did the vaccines..some didn't...some will accept a blood transfusion, some won't ...here is something to consider if you didn't want the vaccines, but you would accept a transfusion.

  i was reading comments from the "world" in under a video i had watched ( see link,) one of the comments ( have to scroll a good ways to find the comments about it ) is to the effect, they don't separate what blood came from those vaxxed and those who weren't ...so if you get a transfusion, you are getting the vaxx tainted blood.

  "good health to you".

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  Hesitant Man Just Waiting To Observe Long-Term Effects Of Vaccine Over Next Several Eons:
  
  
  
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  Useless Majors

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was passing through a very liberal college town recently during rush hour.

  so, i decided to stop for some refreshment at a fine-looking establishment and wait for traffic to die down.

  a young waitress waited on me who probably could have been stevie nicks twin when she was young.

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  I wouldn't call what she's studying completely useless. She's gonna be limited to an academic career probably, so I would hope she's really passionate about the subject in order to get a job in what must be a limited field. But I can kinda see how being an expert in that subject that could go hand in hand with archaeology or paleontology.
  
  Sorta like Astronomy could be seen by some as useless. Odds are you're not gonna become wealthy and famous writing best selling books and appearing on TV like Carl Sagan or Neil Degrasse Tyson. But if doing serious research is your passion, why not?
  
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  Starting September 01, 2022, the Angels will help in the ministry work

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  2022 governing body update # 6. what exciting news david splane has for all jehovah's witnesses ( who for the last three years were spared the house-to-house preaching work ) '' that we'll return to the ministry september 01, 2022. just in time for our world wide campaign to start bible studies.

  and, i'm sure the angels are excited too, because it will give them opportunities to help us with our ministry.''.

  not only will the witnesses be rusty in their return to the field ministry, the angels in heaven have been sitting idle while the pandemic stopped the house-to-house ministry.

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  Talk about taking geocentrism to the extreme. A Universe billions of light years across with more galaxies than grains of sand. And the most important thing these immortal spirit creatures have to do is watch some humans in cheap suits handing out brochures.
  
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  Dumb 'experiences' you were told as a JW

  by BettyHumpter in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this one stands out in my mind.

  it was reported that 'a brother', unnamed of course, was out in field service and was set upon by a pack of vicious dogs.

  he made it back to the car and was injured quite badly with his arms, hands and leg bleeding heavily.

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  This one stands out in my mind. It was reported that 'a brother', unnamed of course, was out in Field Service and was set upon by a pack of vicious dogs. He made it back to the car and was injured quite badly with his arms, hands and leg bleeding heavily. This brother insisted on continuing the days assigned territory before seeking medical care.
  
  What are some stupid unlikely stories you were told?